PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2499 | PRINTER'S NO. 3747 |
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. | 1769 | Session of 2013 |
INTRODUCED BY HICKERNELL, SCAVELLO, SWANGER, BAKER, READSHAW, KINSEY, EMRICK, COHEN, WATSON, MURT, GINGRICH, DENLINGER, GILLEN AND MENTZER, OCTOBER 16, 2013
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JUNE 16, 2014
AN ACT
1Amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), entitled, as
2reenacted, "An act relating to alcoholic liquors, alcohol and
3malt and brewed beverages; amending, revising, consolidating
4and changing the laws relating thereto; regulating and
5restricting the manufacture, purchase, sale, possession,
6consumption, importation, transportation, furnishing, holding
7in bond, holding in storage, traffic in and use of alcoholic
8liquors, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages and the
9persons engaged or employed therein; defining the powers and
10duties of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board; providing
11for the establishment and operation of State liquor stores,
12for the payment of certain license fees to the respective
13municipalities and townships, for the abatement of certain
14nuisances and, in certain cases, for search and seizure
15without warrant; prescribing penalties and forfeitures;
16providing for local option, and repealing existing laws,"
17further providing for responsible alcohol management.
18The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
19hereby enacts as follows:
20Section 1. Section 471.1 of the act of April 12, 1951
21(P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended
22June 29, 1987 (P.L.32, No.14), is amended by adding a subsection
23to read:
24Section 471.1. Responsible Alcohol Management.--* * *
1(h) Unless successfully completed prior to being hired, all
2alcohol service personnel shall be required to complete the
3seller or server training under subsection (b) within <-thirty
4sixty days of being hired by a licensed establishment. <-The board
5shall certify private third-party providers of training under
6subsection (b) that covers, at a minimum, the content contained
7in the Bureau of Alcohol Education's standard curriculum. In the
8event that the third-party provider's curriculum is not
9equivalent to the standard curriculum, the provider shall be
10advised by the board as to where the curriculum is deficient.
11The board shall permit private third-party providers of alcohol
12training to modify the order in which the content of the Bureau
13of Alcohol Education's standard curriculum is presented so long
14as the material is taught.
15Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.